And they were on the
road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; and they were
amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he
began to tell them what was to happen to him, saying, "Behold, we are
going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief
priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to
the Gentiles; and they will mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and
kill him; and after three days he will rise." And James and John, the sons
of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to
do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What do you
want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one
at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to
them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup
that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am
baptized?" And they said to him, "We are able." And Jesus said
to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with
which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my
left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been
prepared." And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James
and John. And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that
those who are supposed to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their
great men exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you; but
whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first
among you must be slave of all. For the Son of man also came not to be served
but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
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Waya mahibayo si James sanan si John kon uno’y ila tangajo
na pabor kan Jesus – an maka-ingkod sa waya sanan sa tuo na kilid ni Jesus
pag-abot nan panahon.
An pangutana kuman: makasugakod kaha sila nan mga pag-antos
na sagubangonon na parehas nan tag-tagna ni Jesus na mahitabo Dija?
Intubag sila ni Jesus na dili Sija makabuot pagpadangat nan
desisyon kon sin’oy moingkod sa waya o kon sa tuo Nija kay para na ini sa mga
tagka-preparahan.
An pasidaan ni Jesus dila na kon sin’o dila an dungganon amo’y
ila tagapag-silbe kay laong pa Nija na nokanhi sa kalibutan an Son of Man dili
kon para silbehan Sija kondili kon para magselbi, despuwes, i-offer an Ija kinabuhi
para ibajad sa mga kasay’anan nan tawo batok kan God.
Andam ba kita na i-offer nato an ato kinabuhi para sa ato
isig’katawo parehas nan taghimo ni Jesus?
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“Lord Jesus, your
death brought life and freedom. Make me a servant of your love, that I may seek
to serve rather than be served.”
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